Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid heater with dual function heating capability
- Patent Title (中): 具有双功能加热功能的混合式加热器
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Application No.: US14144110Application Date: 2013-12-30
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Publication No.: US09551962B2Publication Date: 2017-01-24
- Inventor: Michael Clark Campbell , Paul Wesley Etter , James Adrian Riley , Jerry Wayne Smith
- Applicant: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Main IPC: H05B3/00
- IPC: H05B3/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fuser heater member for an electrophotographic imaging device, including a heater member. According to an example embodiment, the heater member includes positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material disposed along a width of a fuser nip of the fuser assembly; first and second electrodes disposed along disposed surfaces of the PTC material; an intermediate layer disposed over the second electrode; and at least one resistive trace disposed along the intermediate layer along the width of the fuser nip. The heater member includes a plurality of wire segments coupled to the first and second electrodes and the resistive elements for use in generating heat from at least one of the PTC material and the at least one resistive trace during a fusing operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150083706A1 Hybrid Heater with Dual Function Heating Capability Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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